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Week Ahead: The Final Countdown

Yesterday killed half the remaining resorts. Colorado has exactly one week left. Mammoth's having its own private winter. And Vail's pass sales hangover has officially begun.

Apr 27, 20266 min readweek-ahead, spring-skiing, closing-dates, mammoth, a-basin, copper, vail, pass-sales, prediction-markets, april-2026
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Week Ahead: The Last Lap

Saturday's mass closures chopped the list to 15. A zombie resort came back from the dead. Mammoth has another storm inbound. And a Super El Niño might save next season.

Apr 20, 20266 min readweek-ahead, spring-skiing, closing-dates, mammoth, el-nino, prediction-markets, heavenly, april-2026
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Week Ahead: The Last 23 Standing

Only 23 western resorts are still open. Utah gets a surprise April storm. A 'forgotten coup' explains how the ski monopoly happened. And 85% of ski workers are alarmed about climate change.

Apr 13, 20267 min readweek-ahead, spring-skiing, utah, climate-change, antitrust, closing-dates, prediction-markets, april-2026
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Week Ahead: Vail Closes Wednesday. The Lights Are Going Out.

The biggest ski resort in Colorado is calling it quits 11 days early. Just 7 resorts remain statewide -- and the numbers are dropping fast everywhere.

Apr 6, 20266 min readweek-ahead, closures, vail, spring-skiing, april-2026, colorado, utah, pnw, california, mammoth, season-end
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Week Ahead: April's Last Gift -- A Storm Arrives Just in Time for the Funerals

Reuters is writing obituaries for the ski industry. Meanwhile, 6-9 inches are headed for the Rockies and PNW. Here's who can still use them.

Mar 30, 20267 min readforecast, closures, april-storm, spring-skiing, week-ahead, march-2026, climate, predictions, colorado, utah, wyoming, pnw
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Week Ahead: The Great Meltdown -- 50+ Resorts Closed Early and the Dominoes Keep Falling

The 2025-26 ski season is in full collapse across the West. Here's who's still standing, who gave up, and what comes next.

Mar 23, 20267 min readforecast, closures, heatwave, spring-skiing, utah, colorado, california, idaho, week-ahead, march-2026, climate, vail-resorts, gen-z
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Week Ahead: California Is Melting, Minnesota Is Buried, and the Season Is Splitting in Half

The worst March heatwave in California history is killing ski resorts while the Midwest digs out of a blizzard. Welcome to the weirdest week of 2026.

Mar 16, 20266 min readforecast, california, heatwave, minnesota, blizzard, pacific-northwest, vail-resorts, week-ahead, march-2026, climate
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Week Ahead: The PNW Is About to Get Buried

Washington's biggest storm of the season, Telluride's courtroom drama, and Colorado's warm spell that won't quit

Mar 10, 20265 min readforecast, pacific-northwest, colorado, telluride, week-ahead, march-2026, epic-pass, deer-valley
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Week Ahead: Late Feb Storm Train

Wednesday's CO system has models fighting -- here's what we know

Feb 24, 20264 min readforecast, colorado, storm, week-ahead, february-2026